Wire-fence fabric.



.No. 739,798] P-ATB EB smmzz, 19-03.

' I. L. LA DIN.

WIRE FENCE FABRIC.

APPLIOATIOH FILED SEPT. 9, 1902.

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yxxxxxr No. 739,798. PATENTBD 833122, 1903.

'J. L. cmma'm.

WIRE PENGE'FABRIG.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 9, 1902.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

.IoI-IN L. OLAUDIN, or MORTON, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOB, BY MESNE ASSIGN-MENTS, TO INTERLOOKING FENCE OOMPANY, OF MORTON, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATIONOF ILLINOIS.

wins-Francs FABRlC.-' r v 7 I SPECIIEICLAJI'ION forming part of LettersPatent No. 739,798, dated September 22, 1903. Application filedSeptember 9 19 02 erial No. 122,686. (No model.)

Tb all whom it y 0071067? in the salvage-strands are single wires and Beit known that LJOHN L.v CLAUDIN, a with two longitudinal or horizontalstrandcitizen of the United States, residing at Morwires which areinterlocked with the meshton, in the county of Tazewell and State ofwires at each side. Fig. 3 is a view showing Illinois, have inventedcertain new and usea strip of fencing in outline embodying my 55 fulImprovements in Wire-Fence Fabrics; improvement wherein the selvagestrands and I do hereby declare that the following is are single wiresand showing horizontal or a full, clear, and exact description of theinlongitudinal strand-wires extending across vention, which will enableothers skilled in each hexagonal mesh and interlocked with the art towhich it appertains to make and the adjacent interlocked mesh wires.Fig. 60 use the same. 4 is an enlarged detail showing the manner Thisinvention has reference to awirefence of interlocking two wires as theyappear in fabric and to that type of fence wherein'the elevation. Fig. 5is a plan of Fig. 4:- Fig. meshes are of hexagonal form, and the appli-6 is an enlarged detail showing the manner of cation herein is animprovement upon that interlocking two mesh-wires and an inter- 65fabric shown in my application bearing Semediate strand-wire as theyappear in elevarial No. 86,269, and I have incorporated in tion. Fig. 7is a plan of Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is an this case the structure therein shownfor the enlarged detail showing the manner of inter purpose ofillustration only. V locking two mesh-wires and an intermediate Theinvention has for its further object to strand-wire as they appear inthe fabric and 70 provide one or more body-wires or intermeopposite tothe interlock of the wires shown diate strands through the body of, thefabric in Fig. 6. Fig. 9 is an enlarged detail showwhich are interlockedthroughout their length ing the manner of interlocking adjacent meshwithadjacent mesh-wires of the fabric, which wires of the fabric with thesewage-strands are themselves interlocked and which form thereof whenthe selvage is a cable. 75 the hexagonal mesh. The said strands whereThe figures may be better understood from they are employed in thefabric pass through the following: Fig. 4 is a detail of the fabric eachhexagonal mesh and are interlocked; as the same would appear in theblock surwith the wires forming said mesh at the points rounded by thedotted lines a a ofFig. 2, or

of interlocking thereof. as it would appear in the block surrounded 80It is further provided to interlock the adby the dotted lines I) 12 ofFig. 2, dotted lines jacent wires formingeach mesh which lie in beingadded to Fig. 4 for the purpose of illusthe same vertical plane, first,with a right trating the direction in which the lines would and lefthand twist, and next with a left and appear if taken from that portionof the fab- 5 right hand twistthat is, the adjacent mesh- -ric boundedby the dotted lines I) b, as sug- 85 wires of the fabric throughout itsheight and gested. Fig. 5 is adetail of the fabric as the length areinterlocked, first, right and left, same would appear in the blocksurrounded and then left and right, and so on throughout by the dottedlines o c of Fig. 3. Fig. 8 is a the length of the fabric. detail of thefabric as the same would appear 40 That my invention may be more fullyunin the block surrounded by the dotted lines 0 derstood reference ishad to the accompanyd d, of Fig. 3, which illustrates the alternate ingdrawings, forming a part of this specifiform of interlocking adjacentmesh-wires with cation, in whichastrand of the fabric. Fig. 9 is adetail of Figure 1 is aview showing a strip of fencing the fabric as thesame would appear in the 5 inoutlineembodying myimprovementwhereblocksurrounded by the dotted lines 6 e of. 5

in the selvage-strands are cable-wires and Fig. 1. with a horizontalstrand-wire shown exteud- I have shown from a description of the figingthrough the central body of the fence. ures that the selvage-strands ofthe fabric Fig. 2 is a figure showing a strip of fencing may be singlewires or a'cable, and in the figin outline embodying myimprovementwhereures, lindicates the upper selvagestrand, and mo 2 the lowerselvage-strand, of a fabric. The mesh-wires are indicated as 3 and 4,which at intervals throughout the length of the fabric are interlockedwith each other at 5, and the mesh-wires adjacent to the selvage-strandsare interlocked atintervals therewith, as at 6.

The manner of forming the hexagonal mesh herein illustrated is known tothe trade, and it is not necessary to go into detail herein, and whilethe form of meshthat is, a hexagonal meshis old I believe it is new tointerlock the Wires and to form a fabric such as I illustrate anddescribe.

7 indicates a horizontal strand-wire extended longitudinally through thefabric, and at points of interlocking; 5, of the mesh-wires with eachother the wire 7 is interlocked therewith. These wires may be placed asshown in Figs. 1, 2, or 3, or at any point intermediate theselvage-strands, as may be desired, and it is here that I want to callparticular attention to the manner of interlocking the mesh-wires withthe adjacent mesh-wires upon one side thereof and then with the other.For instance, the interlocking of the wires through the line or so ofFig. 3, wewill say, is right and left and the next succeedinginterlocking of the Wires through the line 3 y is left and right, orjustopposite to the previous lock, according to which side of the fence youare examining.

Referring to Fig. 4, which for the purpose of illustration may be takenas an interlock of the selvage-strands of one wire with the adjacentmesh-wire thereto of the fabric, or in dotted lines as an interlock ofadjacent mesh-wires 3 and 4 in the body of the fabric. On this view, aswell as in Fig. 5, I have placed the numerals 3 and 4 upon the wiresthroughout the interlocking thereof to show their relation.

Fig. 6 is a detail of the wires 3 and 4 and the intermediatestrand-wires 7, all three of which are interlocked together, and theWires throughout their interlocking are designated by their propernumerals to show their relation, and. the wires 7 are provided with theslightly-curved portions 8 adjacent to the point of interlocking withthe mesh-wires for the purpose of allowing sufficient contraction andexpansion of the body of the fabric during extreme hot or cold weather.

In Fig. 8 is shown a detail of that part of the fabric composed of wires3, 4, and 7, interlocked just opposite to that shown in Fig. 6, Fig. 6showing the wires interlocked as they would appear in the fabric throughthe lines x as, Fig. 3, and Fig. 8 showing the wires interlocked as theywould appear in the fabric through the lines y y. In Fig. 6 the wires 3appear going under and'the wires 4going over, with the wires 7 enteringbetween the same, and in Fig. 8 the wires appearjust opposite, the wire3 going over and the wire 4 going under, with the wire 7 enteringbetween the same and just opposite to that shown in Fig. 6.

In Fig. 9 the selvage-strands are here shown as a cable with the wiresnext thereto interlocked therewith. When interlocking what is known as acable selvage-strand with an adjacent. mesh-wire of the fabric, thewires are fed and gripped similar to the manner in which the wires 3, 4,and 7 are fed and gripped with the exception that as the three wires(two of which form the cable and the other forming one of the mesh-wiresof the body of the fabric) are interlocked and at the point of finishingof such interlocking the wires which are to form the cable are twistedtogether in the form of an ordinary twist that is, a twist running inone direction only and continued to a point where it is again desired tointerlock the mesh-wires of the fabric next thereto therewith when thecabletwisting devices, are stopped and the interlocking devices broughtinto play.

I am aware that patents have been granted for a wire-netting formed fromcontinuous wires interlocked at intervals by twists which severallycomprise, first, a right-hand twist, and then a left-hand twist; also,that this same form of netting has been made where selvage-wires havebeen connected with outer wires of the fabric passed bodily around theselvage-wires; also, that where the continuous wires have been connectedwith a rightand-left turn to the nearest wire on each side that an eyehas been left in the center where the interlocking of the mesh-Wires ismade through which a horizontal or vertical Wire is carried togethertherewith forming a part of the fabric. I am also aware that it is notnew to interlock continuous and adjacent mesh-wires where there isprovided an intermediate plain portion between the points ofinterlocking. I am further aware that it is not new to provide a fabricwith meshes having substantially the same form as mine, but wherein thetwists have been in but one direction only; but in my fabric specialstress is laid upon the right-and-left twists at intervals the width ofthe fabric on lines :20 a: and the left-and-right twists on lines 3 y ofFig. 3. Special stress is. also laid upon the fact that the intermediateand horizontal meshwires are interlocked with the wires 3 and 4 and{that the last-mentioned wires are not connected with the horizontalbeing passed bodily around the same or the horizontal wires carriedthrough eyelets formed by or during the interlocking, and attention isagain called to the selvage-strands comprising a cable the wires ofwhich are interlocked duringthe period of forming the cable with thewires of the fabric next thereto.

wires eitherby.

In the drawings is illustrated a wire fabric do not wish to limit myselfto such a showing, as it may be desirable to make this fabric with auniform mesh, nor do I wish to limit myself to any specified number ofhorizontal strandwires intermediate the selvage-strands. It

is to be noted, however, that the employment bottom body-wires of thefabric by reverse 7 twists to form cable selvage-strands, and horizontalstrand-Wires extending through the :5 meshes of the fabric andintertwisted with the body-wires-at the point of intersection therewith,substantially in the manner and for the purposes described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature 20 in presence of twowitnesses.

J OHN L. CLAUDIN.

Witnesses:

CHAS. W. LA FORTE, CHAS. F. BAILEY.

